Boudoir lamp



May 8, 1923.

F. "N. USHER BOUDOIR LAMP Filed Dec.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS FREDERICK WILLI USHER, E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

I nounom LAMP.

Application filed December 12, 1921. Serial No. 521,741.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. USHER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of King s-and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedBoudoir Lamp, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The present invention has relation to the class of portable,self-contained electric illuminators and refers more particularly to anovelty boudoir lamp for obtaining a subdued and temporary illuminationin a bedroom.

The invention contemplates a comparatively inexpensive, highlyattractive and ornamental illuminator preferably in the form of a dollor other representative figure having a hollow translucent body in whichan electric illuminating means is arranged, and in which the body isprovided with a movable member or members constituting the means forrendering the illuminating means active.

As a further object the invention aims to produce as an article ofmanufacture an ornamental self-contained electric illuminator whichafiords means for the removal and renewal of the batter or bulb when thesame have become ex austed, broken, or otherwise unfit for use.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following speci- Fig. 2 is asectional view therethrcugh gaken approximately-on the line 22 of Fig. 3is a fraentary rear view thereof.

Fig.4 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view taken approximately onthe line 4-4 of Fig. 2. v

Fig. 5 is a horizontal transverse section taken approximately on theline 55 of Fi 2.

ferring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates a bodypreferably of a doll or other representative figure, 11 the head, and 12the legs, formed as an integral part thereof. The body, head and legsare of hollow construction and preferably of celluloid or. an othersuitable translucent material. trated at 13, may be secured to the dollor figure for the purpose of supporting the same in upright position.The doll or figure is provided with movable members 14 here illustratedas the arms of the doll which are pivotally mounted on the body by meansof a transverse pivot rod or wire 15 to permit of vertical swin 'ngmovements of the same.

The illuminatlng means consists of a battery or dry cell 16, a lamp bulband socket 17 and 18, circuit wires 19, 20 and 21, and contact elements22 and 23. The battery,

circuit wires, lamp and socket are arranged within the hollow body withthe lamp 17 preferably disposed wlthin the head and directed toward thefront or face of the same. To provide means to admit of the insertionand removal of the illuminating means the rear portion of the body isslitted in U- orm as at 24- to reduce a door 25. The terminals-of thewires 19 and 21 lead respectively to the contact elements 22; and 23,the latter bein disposed exteriorly of one side of the be y and theformer being mounted on the onfronting inner side of the arm or movablemember 14 and spaced from the pivot rod or wire 15 an appropriatedistance to bring the same into engagement with the contact element 23when the arm is adjusted to a lower position as illustrated in dottedlines in Fig. 2. The doll may be-provided with a dress 26 and hair 27which is arranged to leave the face on or free to permit of theprojection of the light rays therethrougho In use the device constitutesnormally an ornament for a' boudoir when the movable element or arm 14is raised to the position illustrated in full lines. When a temporarysubdued illumination is desired, the movable elemcnt or arm 14 isloweredto the dotted line position illustrated in Fig. 2 thereby bringing thecontact element 22 into engagement with the contact element 23. Thisarrangement closes the circuit and renders the bulb 17 active. Thetranslucent nature of the material of which the body is constructed willpermit a subdued light to be reflected through the face of the doll. It

is, of course, understood that the. device is A suitable base, asillusonly employed as a temporary illuminating means. It is to befurther noted that the body may be made in various designs andrepresentative figures and dressed in any sultable manner.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture an ornamental lamp comprising ahollow translucent body in the form of a doll and having pivoted arms,the body being provided at thev rear with an opening, to give accessthereto, an incandescent electric lamp in the head, abattery in thebody, a contact on the body, a contact on one arm, and circuit wiresconnecting the battery, lamp and contacts.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an

ornamental lamp comprising a figure in the antenna form of a doll andconstructed of: hollow translucent material including an integr body,head and legs and movable arms, an electric circuit including anincandescent lamp arranged in the head of said figure, a batteryarranged in the body, and a circuit closer, the-contact elements ofwhich are carried respectively by one of the arms and the side of thebody whereby upon moi/e ment of the arm vto one position the circuitwill be closed to energize the lamp, a partial covering for the figureleaving the face portion thereof exposed whereby the light rays from thelamp when energized will penetrate the same to produce a subdued light.

FREDERICK WILLIAM USHER.

